There is a need for a standardized psychological method of evaluation of psychopathology comparable to the standardized psychological method for evaluation of intelligence. A quantitative approach to the identification of maladaptive behavior patterns is provided by the Structured Clinical Interview (SCI). The SCI was designed to serve as an individual test of social and psychological adjustment. It can provide reliable scores when it is administered and evaluated by a specially trained clinical or counseling psychologist. It may be used to compare patients with one another, to follow up changes in individual patients, or to detect Ss with potential pathology in the community. There is a need for a standardized psychological method for evaluation of psychopathology comparable to the standardized psychological methods for evaluation of intelligence. Such an evaluation has to be based
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Burdock et al. (1968) studied this question.